The cable provides power to the overhead line equipment, which in turn powers electric trains across the tracks.

The display took place over Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour after the city was gifted two more giant pandas by Beijing.

The UK has called for an independent investigation into the downing of an Azerbaijani plane thought to have been caused by a Russian missile. President Vladimir Putin apologised “for the fact that the ...

Edinburgh head coach Everitt had joked that his side only needed to win both halves 10-0 to claim the 1872 Cup, and it looked for a moment like they might be about get the first part of that right as ...

On Friday at 11am, John Swinney met with representatives from the My Name’5 Doddie Foundation – a charity set up in honour of Doddie Weir, a Scottish rugby union player who died of motor neurone ...

Hibernian are interested in signing Heart of Midlothian goalkeeper Zander Clark. The keeper, 32, is out of contract at Tynecastle next summer and is free to speak to interested parties about a ...

Gavin and Stacey's Ruth Jones is to reprise the role of Nessa for BBC Radio 4's Shipping Forecast as it celebrates its 100th anniversary. There will be a number of famous faces marking the programme's ...

From the death of former taoiseach John Bruton, to the unexpected resignation of Leo Varadkar as premier, the year has been dominated by politics.

The Anas Sarwar who jubilantly started 2024 could not have imagined the Scottish Labour 'branch manager' jibes would be ferociously back to haunt him into the new year. The Scottish Labour leader ...

The identity of the winner or winners was not immediately known but the California Lottery said the ticket was sold at Circle K (Sunshine Food and Gas) in Cottonwood, a town 160 miles north of the ...

The family of missing woman Santra Saju have been informed after a body was found near to Edinburgh. She had been missing for over two weeks, with increasing concern for her welfare. The 22-year-old, ...

A 49-year-old man has appeared in court charged with two counts of murder after two women died following a suspected stabbing in Milton Keynes on Christmas Day. Jazwell Brown, of Santa Cruz Avenue, ...